Carenage is a town in
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...
. It is located on northwestern
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...
, and is administered by the
Diego Martin Regional Corporation
Diego Martin () is a Borough of Trinidad and Tobago. The region has a land area of 127.53 km2. Urban areas within the region include Carenage, Diego Martin, Maraval and parts of Saint James. The local government body is the Diego Martin Boro ...
. Located close to
Chaguaramas, it is more of a residential area than a commercial or industrial locale.
The name is derived from the practice of
careening
Careening (also known as "heaving down") is a method of gaining access to the hull of a sailing vessel without the use of a dry dock. It is used for cleaning or repairing the hull. Before ship's hulls were protected from marine growth by fasten ...
(i.e., beaching, "carénage" in French) sailing vessels for maintenance, which had been done in the area for many years.
References
Populated places in Trinidad and Tobago
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